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Please refresh the page to chat 1:1 with the Lawyer's Assistant.Pearl Wilson, Lawyer's AssistantWelcome! How can I help with your legal question?YouI co-signed on an auto loan (before even saying it, Lesson learned!) and the person has missed payments which obviously affects my good credit. I'm the primary on the loan. I need to know what my rights are in the State of California as far as taking the car back should this person miss another payment.

Lawyer's Assistant: What state is this in? And how old is the car?

California and it's a 2016 leased vehicle that is one year old. There are 2 years left on the lease

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In what sense?

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If your name is ***** ***** title as an "or" owner then you each have an equal right to the vehicle. You have a couple of options.

You can "repo" the car but that does nothing to remove the other name from the title and at some point you have to remedy that. If the other person has made payments then they have a better "equitable" title than you would, plus they can "repo" the car from you if they get the chance. Sooner or later this ends up causing issues, usually because some property or someone is hurt when a repo is taking place.

The other, and better, choice is to have a local lawyer file a lawsuit for you seeking to have the vehicle turned over to you since the other person has missed payments. You could also request that they be ordered to turn the vehicle over if they are late again, or you could even ask that the court order them to pay you by a certain date each month so that you can then be sure the note is paid.

You could also ask that the court award you the attorney's fees you had to pay for this.

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Customer reply replied 5 months ago

Thank you for your quick response. Can you tell me what type of an attorney would be able to handle this type of case should I want to issue her a court order to pay by a certain date each month?

The best would be a lawyer who does civil litigation. They are used to handling a lot of different kinds of cases. This one shouldn't be particularly difficult but the hard part is figuring out what the judge is willing to award and then crafting the order so it is enforceable.

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If your question has been answered then I'd offer my best wishes to you and ask that you please not forget to leave a 5 Star Positive Rating so I receive credit for my work. Of course, please feel free to ask any follow-up questions in this thread. I want to be sure all of your questions are answered.

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